Highway 17 Partially Reopened In Both Directions After Landslide Forced Closure
Caltrans and the CHP have reopened one lane in each direction on state Highway 17 near Scotts Valley.
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Caltrans and the CHP have reopened one lane in each direction on state Highway 17 near Scotts Valley.
Caltrans was finally able to reopen southbound lanes of Highway 17 through the Santa Cruz Mountains Friday evening after instability and a new slide closed the busy traffic artery completely for much of the day.
One worker was killed and another injured Thursday afternoon when they were struck by a work truck as they attempted to clear a massive slide from Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Caltrans officials on Wednesday said part of Highway 17 may be partially shut down for several days as crews work to contain a massive mudslide that is still moving.
A massive slide slammed hundreds of pounds of rock and dirt onto Highway 17 early Tuesday, forcing the northbound lanes of the main traffic artery through the Santa Cruz Mountains to be shut down at least until early Wednesday morning, authorities said.
A slide in the Santa Cruz Mountains late Wednesday morning has closed one lane of northbound traffic on Highway 17 as crews work to clear the debris.
The closure of Highway 17 that started late Thursday morning for a suspect search came to an end Thursday evening.
All southbound lanes of CA-17 were blocked early Friday evening due to a fallen tree, according to CHP.
On Highway 17 south of Sugarloaf Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains, tons of rock and debris came crashing down onto the roadway, slamming into a television news van.
A Highway 17 Express Bus carrying commuters from Santa Cruz County to San Jose caught fire in Campbell on Monday morning.
The California Highway Patrol responded to nearly 200 injury crashes on a stretch of Highway 17 from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz - the highest number of accidents in a decade.
A large tree is blocking two lanes on state Highway 17 in unincorporated Santa Clara County Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A 25-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 3 years of probation and 400 hours of community service after losing control of a big rig last year on Highway 17 south of Los Gatos in a fatal crash.
Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire near the summit of Highway 17 Monday night.
People who live in Los Gatos are upset the popular navigation app Waze is directing drivers looking for a shortcut to Santa Cruz through their town, leading to traffic jams for local residents.
Police arrested six protesters from the University of California, Santa Cruz, who shut down State Route 1 for several hours by chaining themselves to bins filled with concrete placed in lanes.
A 50-year-old man was killed in a two-car crash on state Highway 17 in Los Gatos late Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
State Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains is closed Tuesday morning in both directions because of a downed tree and downed power lines, California Highway Patrol officials said.
25-year-old Daniel McGuire was killed in the crash on July 10, when a big rig driver lost control of his vehicle while traveling northbound on Highway 17 near Lexington Reservoir.
At least a dozen cars are involved in three separate traffic collisions on northbound Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The tree was reported blocking both southbound lanes of the highway just south of Redwood Estates in the Lexington Hills area at 1:53 p.m., the CHP said.
All lanes reopened on state Highway 17 in Los Gatos Sunday morning after a solo crash blocked a lane and left one person with reported injuries.
The Santa Cruz man killed in an 11-vehicle accident involving a big-rig that injured seven people Thursday on state Highway 17 south of Los Gatos was 25-year-old Daniel McGuire.
All lanes of state Highway 17 in Santa Clara County reopened Thursday evening, nearly 10 hours after a fatal crash Thursday morning involving a big-rig, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A fatal accident involving ten cars and a big rig shut down all lanes of North Highway 17 between Summit and Bear Creek roads and one southbound lane Thursday morning.
